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 ATTRACTIONS
CELEBRATE
IN COASTAL MISSISSIPPI
story by Anna Harris and courtesy of Coastal Mississippi Mardi Gras Museum
photos courtesy of Coastal Mississippi and the Coastal Mardi Gras Museum and by James Edward Bates
     Coastal Mardi Gras Museum
792 Howard Ave., Biloxi | 228.314.4747 | www.coastalmardigras.com
Mardi Gras 2024 is poised to be an exciting year! Coastal Mississippi is celebrating its 116th year of organized carnival celebrations, but the history of carnival in Mississippi goes back even further to the earliest days of European
presence in the area. In 1698 King Louis XIV of France sent Pierre Le Moyne d’Iberville to discover the mouth of the Mississippi River. On February 10, 1699 his party landed on Ship Island in the Mississippi Sound, and three days later, on February 13, d’Iberville and his party visited present-day Biloxi.
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